- The Needs of the Intentions
Needs: to be right, to be needed, to succeed, to be special, to perceive, to be safe, to avoid pain, to be against, to avoid engagement. There is a recognizable need that goes with each survival intention. The meditations are developed around these basic motivations.
The real power in this diagram is that you begin with basic survival skills or intentions. What this means is that you develop a sense of what “rational self interest” is about as well as the notion of a community conciousness. THere is a style of harmonious, competitive interaction that defines community.